BENGALURU: A 31-year-old psychologist who supposedly stole a baby boy minutes after his arrival in May this past year was detained.
Dr Rashmi Shashikumar had struck a deal with a few from North Karnataka, also gave them the infant, saying that it was their kid given by a surrogate mother.
A resident of Vijayanagar, Rashmi was recently working with a private clinic in Bannerghatta Road.
Authorities said the physician, who’s from Chikkodi at Belagavi district, had taken Rs 14.
5 lakh in the bunch and guaranteed them a baby from surrogacy at May 2020.
Police tracked the kid to Koppal in north Karnataka on Saturday — a year later he was shot from the hospital and introduced him to Bengaluru.
The stunned couple said that they had been forced to think the boy had been their kid born although a surrogate mother they never fulfilled.
The baby remains together and has experienced DNA evaluation, amongst others, to affirm his parents.
Rashmi was detained on Sunday and has been held in police custody, and together with her very own 45-day-old infant girl.
On May 29 final year, Rashmi stole the infant from the BBMP authorities hospital at Chamarajpet, authorities said.
The kid’s parents, Naveed Pasha, an automobile driver, also Husna Banu, had arrived at the town from Andhra Pradesh looking for a project.
The infant was born about 7.
50am.
About 10am, Pasha moved outside to shed his sister-in-law house.
A woman physician talked to Banu and also the attender gave her tablets on the physician’s advice.
Subsequently, Banu dropped asleep as soon as she woke up 45 minutes after, the infant was lost.
A police complaint was first registered with Chamrajpet authorities the following day and the situation was moved to Basavanagudi girls police station by December 2020.
Tests revaled that the female physician in question wasn’t a staffer of this hospital.
CCTV footage showed the identical girl carrying the child from the hospital.
It ends up Rashmi, who introduced as a hospital physician, gave sleeping tablets into the girl.
According to CCTV footage, even a portrait of the defendant was attracted.
“We questioned over 700 men and eventually attained the few, who thought it was their kid.
We’ve brought the infant back into the city,” explained DCP (South) Harish Pandey, who’d formed a special group to follow the infant.
An investigating officer said Rashmi’d fulfilled the few when coping with a private clinic at Hubballi at 2015.
“The couple had a exceptional kid and Rashmi promised them they might possess a healthy child through surrogacy.
At 2019, she fulfilled with the couple and gathered samples and materials for surrogacy in the dad.
Afterward, she informed the couple she had discovered a girl in Bengaluru who’d consented to be the surrogate mom.
She advised the couple the delivery will take place in May 2020,” the officer stated.
Since May approached, Rashmi scouted many government agencies.
“She awoke in to the Chamrajpet hospital because of lack of safety.
She moved into Husna Banu’s ward 3-4 days on May 27 and 28 and also made a mental note of their mattress as it had been near to the primary doorway.
On May 29, she entered the ward and then discovered Banu with infant.
She also gave the attendant sleeping pills, even requesting her to nourish it into Banu,” he explained.
Since Banu dropped asleep, Rashmi picked the baby up left the hospital.
She moved into some buddy’s place in Viajayanagar at which the couple was requested to come, authorities said.